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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-03

End Date

2017-02-03

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Once upon a time, there were a crow and a night bird called Hkam Hkam U. One day, they drew patterns on their bodies. A crow drew very beautiful patterns on Hkam Hkam U's body. Then, Hkam Hkam U became really beautiful. It was his turn to draw the patterns on the crow's body. But he was jealous of the crow and didn't want to draw beautiful patterns for the crow. So, he poured some indigo liquid on the crow. Then, the crow's whole body was dark because of the indigo liquid. The crow looked at his body and said to himself, "I drew really beautiful patterns on his body. But, he did me like this!" The crow got really angry and chased after Hkam Hkam U. Hkam Hkam U ran away quickly. Till today, Hkam Hkam U never appears in the daytime because he is afraid of the crow. And he only finds food at night. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Moi shawng e da, Uhka hte Hkamhkam u gaw da, lani mi shan lahkawng hkum kaw maka ka hkat na hku rai nga dai she Uhka gaw Hkamhkam u hpe shawng grai tsawm hkra maka ka ya ai hku rai nga grai tsawm mat sa, tsawm mat rai yang she ya gaw Uhka hpe bai Hkamhkam u gaw bai ka ya na shaloi she Hkamhkam u gaw manawn nna lagawn ai hte hpawn rai na hku nga maka gaw n ka ya ai sha dai mahtat tsi hte mahtat tsi ntsin hte Uhka a baw kaw na jaw bun dat ai rai nga jaw bun dat re yang she Uhka gaw hkum ting chyang mat wa ai da. Hkum ting chyang mat wa nna she Uhka gaw shi hkum hpe mu nna she ''Ngai gaw shi hpe grai tsawm hkra maka ka ya ai shi gaw ngai hpe ndai zawn re nna achyang re ti di dat ya ai gaw'' ngu na pawt ti she Hkamhkam u hpe shachyut ai hku rai nga Hkamhkam u gaw hprawng mat re na she dai ni du hkra Uhka hpe hkrit ai majaw Hkamhkam u gaw shani npru hkam ai i shana sha pru hkawm nna shat tam sha ai re da.

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